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Blue heron on cormorant: Wild of the Week

By  Dale Bowman
   
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I cross paths with Jim Lukancicoccasionally when fishing, but it is his photography that really connects with me.

A week or so ago, he got a new camera and it has brought forth an outpouring of good stuff. A couple really caught my eye, including this great blue heron trying to steal a fish from a cormorant.

Wild of the Week, a celebration of wildlife around Chicago outdoors, runs on the Sun-Times outdoors page on Sundays when apt.

To submit WOTW, find me on Twitter (@BowmanOutside), Facebook (Dale Bowman) or email (straycasts@sbcglobal.net).


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